| # repeat-string [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-string) [](https://npmjs.org/package/repeat-string) [](https://npmjs.org/package/repeat-string) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/repeat-string) |
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| > Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string. |
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| ## Install |
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| Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install --save repeat-string |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ### [repeat](index.js#L41) |
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| Repeat the given `string` the specified `number` of times. |
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| **Example:** |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| var repeat = require('repeat-string'); |
| repeat('A', 5); |
| //=> AAAAA |
| ``` |
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| **Params** |
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| * `string` **{String}**: The string to repeat |
| * `number` **{Number}**: The number of times to repeat the string |
| * `returns` **{String}**: Repeated string |
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| ## Benchmarks |
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| Repeat string is significantly faster than the native method (which is itself faster than [repeating](https://github.com/sindresorhus/repeating)): |
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| ```sh |
| # 2x |
| repeat-string █████████████████████████ (26,953,977 ops/sec) |
| repeating █████████ (9,855,695 ops/sec) |
| native ██████████████████ (19,453,895 ops/sec) |
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| # 3x |
| repeat-string █████████████████████████ (19,445,252 ops/sec) |
| repeating ███████████ (8,661,565 ops/sec) |
| native ████████████████████ (16,020,598 ops/sec) |
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| # 10x |
| repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,792,521 ops/sec) |
| repeating █████████ (8,571,332 ops/sec) |
| native ███████████████ (14,582,955 ops/sec) |
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| # 50x |
| repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,640,179 ops/sec) |
| repeating █████ (5,505,509 ops/sec) |
| native ██████████ (10,085,557 ops/sec) |
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| # 250x |
| repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,489,618 ops/sec) |
| repeating ████ (3,962,937 ops/sec) |
| native ████████ (7,724,892 ops/sec) |
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| # 2000x |
| repeat-string █████████████████████████ (20,315,172 ops/sec) |
| repeating ████ (3,297,079 ops/sec) |
| native ███████ (6,203,331 ops/sec) |
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| # 20000x |
| repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,382,915 ops/sec) |
| repeating ███ (2,980,058 ops/sec) |
| native █████ (5,578,808 ops/sec) |
| ``` |
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| **Run the benchmarks** |
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| Install dev dependencies: |
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| ```sh |
| npm i -d && node benchmark |
| ``` |
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| ## About |
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| ### Related projects |
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| [repeat-element](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-element): Create an array by repeating the given value n times. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-element "Create an array by repeating the given value n times.") |
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| ### Contributing |
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| Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). |
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| ### Contributors |
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| | **Commits** | **Contributor**<br/> | |
| | --- | --- | |
| | 51 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | |
| | 2 | [LinusU](https://github.com/LinusU) | |
| | 2 | [tbusser](https://github.com/tbusser) | |
| | 1 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) | |
| | 1 | [wooorm](https://github.com/wooorm) | |
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| ### Building docs |
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| _(This document was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme) (a [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in [.verb.md](.verb.md).)_ |
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| To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb |
| ``` |
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| ### Running tests |
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| Install dev dependencies: |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -d && npm test |
| ``` |
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| ### Author |
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| **Jon Schlinkert** |
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| * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| * [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) |
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| ### License |
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| Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](http://github.com/jonschlinkert). |
| Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-string/blob/master/LICENSE). |
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| *** |
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| _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.2.0, on October 23, 2016._ |